Profile
MOVANNA is DSV UK’s most consistent forage and AD variety. This vigorous, mid-harvest performer has a very robust agronomic package with excellent standing power and resistance to fusarium and eyespot, all of which means a healthy plant, even if harvest is delayed.
MOVANNA is listed as suitable for Very Favourable sites from the NIAB / BSPB data and is ideal for forage and AD. It is a tall, dark green variety, which has increased its popularity with biogas growers.
With proven performance on-farm and in independent BSPB/NIAB trials, MOVANNA is a later intermediate type, which is ideal for spreading the harvest and/or drilling window. It is a stiff plant with a low percentage score for lodging (1.9%). This variety’s excellent vigour (7.1) supports rapid growth at the start of the season that culminates in high dry matter yields at harvest (19.5t/ha).
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High starch yields
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Good cold tolerance
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Very good practical experience in organic farming
General
| Usage |
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|---|---|---|
| Silo mature | early | |
| Grain maturity | early | |
| Maturity forage | 220 | |
| Maturity grain | ca. 210 | |
| Type of grain | intermediate | |
| Hybrid | Single-cross | |
| Sowing date |
early
0
late
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| Usage |
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|---|---|---|
| Silo mature | early | |
| Grain maturity | early | |
| Maturity forage | 220 | |
| Maturity grain | ca. 210 | |
| Type of grain | intermediate | |
| Hybrid | Single-cross | |
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Sowing date
early
0
late
|
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Yield information
| Dry matter content at harvest (%) | 32.8 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dry matter yield (t/ha) | 19.5 | |
| Dry matter yield (% of 4 and 5 year varieties) | 99 | |
| ME of fresh plant at harvest (MJ/kg dry matter) | 11.45 | |
| ME yield of fresh plant at harvest (1000s MJ/ha) | 224 | |
| Starch content of whole plant at harvest (%) | 33.5 | |
| Starch yield of whole plant at harvest (t/ha) | 6.53 | |
| Cell wall digestibility (%) | 57 | |
| Dry matter content at harvest (%) | 32.8 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dry matter yield (t/ha) | 19.5 | |
| Dry matter yield (% of 4 and 5 year varieties) | 99 | |
| ME of fresh plant at harvest (MJ/kg dry matter) | 11.45 | |
| ME yield of fresh plant at harvest (1000s MJ/ha) | 224 | |
| Starch content of whole plant at harvest (%) | 33.5 | |
| Starch yield of whole plant at harvest (t/ha) | 6.53 | |
| Cell wall digestibility (%) | 57 | |
Agronomics Features
| Early Vigour |
7
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|---|---|---|
| Standing power at harvest (root lodging) |
8
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| Leaf senescence |
4
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| Eyespot rating |
6
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Data Source: BSPB 2021 Forage Maize Descriptive List
Breeder classification: +++ = very good / very high | ++ = good / high | + = medium
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Early Vigour
7
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Standing power at harvest (root lodging)
8
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Leaf senescence
4
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Eyespot rating
6
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Data Source: BSPB 2021 Forage Maize Descriptive List
Breeder classification: +++ = very good / very high | ++ = good / high | + = medium
Resistance to diseases
| Maize smut |
+
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|---|---|
| Helminthosporium |
+
+
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Maize smut
+
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Helminthosporium
+
+
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Location
| Limited areas |
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|---|---|---|
| Soil type |
heavy
0
light
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| Humidity |
wet
0
dry
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| Limited areas |
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Soil type
heavy
0
light
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Humidity
wet
0
dry
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Sowing
| Forage | 8 - 11 Plants/m² | |
|---|---|---|
| Grain | 7 - 9 Plants/m² | |
| Forage | 8 - 11 Plants/m² | |
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| Grain | 7 - 9 Plants/m² | |